Kim Clavel Back in Action and More News By David A. Avila Canada’s Kim Clavel faces her third consecutive Mexican light flyweight when she meets Naomi Arellano for a regional title on Friday May 12. It’s also her first match since experiencing a loss. Four months ago, Clavel (16-1, 3 Kos) lost the world […]
Argentina Roars Into Action with Marcela Acuna, Evelin Bermudez and More News By David A. Avila It’s not official, but Marcela “La Tigresa” Acuna could be retiring or has retired after defeating Natalia Alderete by decision last week. Argentina’s Acuna has been the face of her country’s female boxing movement since making her debut […]
Mexico’s Tania Enriquez Challenges Argentina’s Evelin Bermudez in Buenos Aires and More News (Photo by Felipe Leon) By David A. Avila In the Americas, two nations Argentina and Mexico lead all countries in producing female prizefighters and this weekend two of their young warriors clash. Former world titlist Evelin Bermudez (17-1-1, 6 Kos) seeks […]
Postponement for Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano 2 and More Boxing News and Notes By David A. Avila (Photo by JP Yim) A monster rematch between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano on May 20, will be postponed after it was revealed today the undisputed featherweight champion suffered an injury. Ireland and the rest of […]
Nery Plata and Clavel Light Up Canada, Other Light Flyweight Contenders and More News By David A. Avila (Photo by Kalkine Media) When Mexico’s Jessica Nery Plata and Canada’s Kim Clavel erupted for 10 rounds in a ferocious struggle this past weekend, it put the exclamation point on a division that often gets overlooked. […]
Mikaela Mayer to Fight Alycia Baumgardner and More News By David A. Avila (Photo by Al Applerose) After months of vigorous tossing of social media grenades between rival Americans Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner, the acidic war of words is over and now the real action begins. Top Rank announced Monday it financially backs […]
Top 30 Female Fighters Under 30 Part II By Felipe Leon In part one we gave you the top 15 female fighters under 30 led by unified super welterweight champion Claressa Shields. Here in part two, we give you the rest of the list you should keep an eye on because they are […]
Looking at the Light Flyweights and Claressa Gets B.E.T. Nomination By David A. Avila Light flyweights are like a drop of nitroglycerine; tiny but dangerous. One of the most overlooked weight divisions has to be the tiny light flyweights who soaking wet step on scales weighing under 108 pounds. Usually they can and do […]
Light Flyweight Injustice by WBC and Super Featherweight Depth By David A. Avila If a world champion does not defend against the best, it leads to fan disinterest. WBC light flyweight titlist Yesenia Gomez defends her title this weekend, but not against interim world titlist Kenia Enriquez who is the highest ranking fighter in […]
Tijuana’s Sandra Robles Bides Her Time By Felipe Leon There might not be anything worse for a fighter to be so close to a world title yet so far. Sitting on the top of the challenger heap for the WBA 108-pound rankings since November of last year Sandra “Perla Negra” Robles (17-2, […]